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Yermak: Russia hits Avdiivka, damages civil infrastructure

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The Russian army launched two missile attacks on the front-line city of Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, causing significant damage to infrastructure, according to President's Office Head Andriy Yermak.

No one was killed as a result of the shelling, he said.

On March 31, a five-month-old boy and his 69-year-old grandmother were killed in a private house as a result of Russia’s artillery shelling of Avdiivka,  Donetsk Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported.

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